Poraz served in the past as Member of the Tel
Aviv Municipal Council and Chairman of the City Auditing Committee
(1983-1988), Chairman of the Shinui Party Secretariat (1982-1983, 1988-1990), and head of the project for
setting up a second TV channel, cable TV and regional radio (1984-1988).
He has been a Member of Knesset since 1988.

In the Knesset, he served, among others, on the House
Committee; the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee; the Ethics Committee;
the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee and the Finance Committee
and served as Chairman of the Economics Committee.

In February 2003, Avraham Poraz was appointed Minister
of the Interior, a position he held until 2004. Poraz left the Shinui Party in 2006 to form the Hetz Party, however his new party failed to cross the electoral threshold and he lost his seat in the Knesset.

Poraz speaks Hebrew, English, French and Romanian.
He is married, and has two children.